Buckle.



E. DESC. BUCK-LF.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 24, 191,0.

' W'TNESSES: LVVENTOR) Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

' To'aZZ wwm it may conca-m EUGENE naso,r oF WARE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

Be it known that I, EUGENE DEso-,a citi- Y zen of the United States vofAmerica, and resident of Ware, in the county-of Hampshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuckles, of `whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a class of buckles of a kind comprising buttonshank engaging loops and available for use in situations where, forinstance, the buckle is secured by a usual form of prongs or teeth, anda bow member to a strap or suspender while an object, as, for instance,the waist band of a garment having'buttons, is suspended by theengagement of the Shanks lof the buttons in the loops of the buckleframe.

My device may be called a locking loop buckle, inasmuch as it comprisesmembers relatively hinge connected and having oppositely bent loops, themouths of 'which register with each Vother so that when the buttonprovided part is properly engaged in the loops there can be nodisengagement e-X- cepting under a purplosed manipulation whereby theShanks of' t e buttons are shifted away from engagement in one set ofloops to'dispositions in the other set of loops, then making itpermissible to swin one of the loop provided members away om its normalplane so that the shank of the buttons will be disengaged from withinthe loops into which they had been temporarily` shifted.

The invention is described in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsand is set forth in the clalms.

In the drawings z-Figure l is a front view of my improved buckle; Fig. 2is a sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional viewsimilar to Fig. 2, but showing the manner of changing the position ofrelatively movable parts to permit the disengagement of the buttonprovided part from the buckle; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are views respectivelycorresponding to Figs. 1, 2 and 3,

but showing a construction of the bucklel which, while modified fromthat illustrated .inthe first series of views is within, and embodies,the present invention.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

Proceeding to describe the `form of buckle represented -in Figs. 1, 2and 3 exactly as there represented, it will be seen that theSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled ugust24, 1910. Serial No. 578,784.

' Patented nov. 21,1911.

buckle is composed of three wire formed members A, B and- C, the one Abeing Vthe body or buckle frame, B being the bow which coacts with thefastening prongs or teeth, while the one C has button shank receivingloops arranged` in opposition to the button shank accommodating loops ofthe buckle frame. 'v

The buckle frame member has the intermediate portion a thereof made witha pair of upwardly extending loops b b while the end port-ions are madewith upward bends `terminate in eyes 17, 17, that have hingelikeengagements-with the opposed pair of upper inward bends 14, 14, of thebuckle frame. And the third vwire member C has its intermediate portiondownwardly ret-urn bent in the form of an elongated loop 18,--to form anoperating handle for such member C,-and the portions of this wireoutside of the handle loop are downwardly return bent to formcomparatively shallow button-shank engagingloopsd d, while theextremities comprise upwardly extending portions 20,

20, which terminate in eyes 22, which -haveY f hinge engagements withthe aforementioned l'ower pair of inwardly extending portions 12, 12, ofthe buckleframe.

The part to be supported is represented as provided with buttons'y y,the diameters of which are greater than the widths of the loops b' and dwhile their shanks'are somewhat less in diameter than the 'widths ofsuch loops; and the manner of the locking engagement of the buttons withthe loop provided parts of the buckle is clearly indicated in Figs. 1and 2. The Shanks of the buttons are drawn, or settled down into theshallow loops d d, the mouths of which are opposite or in registry withthe downwardly open mouths b b of the loops of the buckle frame; and itrwill be apparent that the circular bodies of the buttons serve 'aslocking means to prevent the looped frame C from being swung from itsnormal position in plane with the buckle frame. But when the buttonprovided portion of apparel is to be disconnected from the buckle, thebutton provided piece is moved upwardly so that the Shanks, of thebuttons are well up into the loops 5,-which are comparatively deep-, andso that the heads or bodies of the buttons are clear and away fromoverlapping relation to the hinge connected loop provided member C thismember now being out of the way of the shanks of the buttons, the partcarrying the latter may be downwardly vdrawn away from the bucklerame,this description of the mode of disconnection being clear when readin conjunction with Fig. 3 of the drawings.

InFigs. 4, 5 and 6 the lower shallow loops d', d', having upwardly openmouths, are represented asprovided in the transverse lower portion a ofthe buckle frame; and the member C which is hinge connected to thebuckle framev is arranged with downwardly deep loops b and withdownwardly open mouths above and inside of the-lower loop providedportion of the buckle frame. In this case the shanks of the buttons fordisconnection will be moved upwardlywell into the deeper loops b", b',land the hinge connected part C in which these last mentioned loops areprovided will be swung to the angular position shown in Fig. 6 in con#junction with the button provided piece m so that when out of plane withthe buckle frame the Shanks of the buttons may be drawn downwardly outof the loops b. For a maximum of utility double pairs of the registeringloops are provided,-but the invention is not to be confined to theduplication of these features, as buckles having but one pair ofthelocln'ng loops in the relative arrangements indicated would bemeasurably useful.

1. A device of the character described, comprising a pairV 'of hingedlyconnected members, each of said members including a horizontallydisposed member, one of said horizontally disposed members havinginwardly extending loops ormedtherein and the other of said horizontallydisposed members having outwardly extending loops formed therein whichregister with the rst named loops, and a linger engaging member carriedby the last named horizontal member.

2. A device of the `character described, l

composed of two wire formed members, one of which comprises a pair ofvertical side bars which terminate at their upper ends in transverseextensions, a transverse connecting member connecting the lower ends ofsaid vertical side bars, said transverse member having a plurality ofdownwardly extendingloops formed therein; said second member comprisinga pair of vertical side bars which lie within the first mentioned sidebars and which are hingedly connected at their upper ends with saidtransverse extensions, a transverse, member connecting the lower ends ofthe last named side bars and formed with a plurality of upwardlyextending loops which register with said downwardly extending loops,substantially as shown and described.

Signed by me at Ware,-Mass., in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE. DESO. Witnesses:

EMILE BEAUREGARD, EUCLIDE M. MAILLOUX.

